Nineteen penalties, a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit, no timeouts and a third-and-28 to convert in the final two minutes — the Atlanta Falcons beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 29-28 at Raymond James Stadium on December 11, 2025. Kirk Cousins went 30-of-44 for 373 yards and three touchdowns on Thursday Night Football, tight end Kyle Pitts Sr. caught all three scores on 11 receptions for 166 yards, and Zane Gonzalez’s 43-yard field goal as time expired finished the comeback.
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Game Information
Date
Thursday, December 11, 2025
Kickoff
8:15 PM ET
Venue
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL
Broadcast
Prime Video
Attendance
64,917
Duration
3 hours, 20 minutes
Final Score
Atlanta Falcons 29, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28
Records (post-game)
Falcons 5-9 · Buccaneers 7-7
Week
NFL Week 15 — 2025 Regular Season
Box Score
Team
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Final
Atlanta Falcons (Away)
0
14
0
15
29
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Home)
7
6
7
8
28
Scoring Summary
#
Qtr
Time
Team
Play
Score
1
1st
1:38
TB
Sean Tucker 1-yd rush — Chase McLaughlin kick good — 11 plays, 83 yds, 4:44
ATL 0 · TB 7
2
2nd
12:11
ATL
Kyle Pitts Sr. 8-yd pass from Kirk Cousins — Zane Gonzalez kick good — 9 plays, 65 yds, 4:27
Atlanta’s 19 penalties set a franchise record and were the most by any NFL team since the Cleveland Browns in 2019.
Passing Stats
Kirk Cousins — Atlanta Falcons
C/ATT
YDS
AVG
TD
INT
SACKS–YDS
QBR
RTG
30/44
373
8.5
3
0
1–8
64.5
117.0
With no timeouts and 1:49 remaining, Cousins converted a third-and-28 on a 14-yard completion to Pitts, then hit David Sills V for 20 yards on fourth-and-14 to set up Gonzalez’s game-winning kick.
Baker Mayfield — Tampa Bay Buccaneers
C/ATT
YDS
AVG
TD
INT
SACKS–YDS
QBR
RTG
19/34
277
8.1
2
1
5–27
51.7
90.0
Mayfield’s fourth-quarter interception — a pass intended for Mike Evans, picked off by Dee Alford — led to the drive that produced Kyle Pitts Sr.’s third touchdown, pulling Atlanta within two points at 26-28.
Rushing Stats
Atlanta Falcons
Player
CAR
YDS
AVG
TD
LONG
Bijan Robinson
19
93
4.9
1
14
Tyler Allgeier
2
18
9.0
0
15
Team Total
21
111
5.3
1
15
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Player
CAR
YDS
AVG
TD
LONG
Bucky Irving
16
60
3.8
0
16
Rachaad White
1
20
20.0
0
20
Sean Tucker
4
7
1.8
1
6
Baker Mayfield
1
1
1.0
0
1
Team Total
22
88
4.0
1
20
Receiving Stats
Atlanta Falcons
Player
REC
TGT
YDS
AVG
TD
LONG
Kyle Pitts Sr.
11
12
166
15.1
3
36
Bijan Robinson
8
11
82
10.3
0
21
David Sills V
6
10
78
13.0
0
21
Darnell Mooney
3
6
35
11.7
0
16
Charlie Woerner
2
2
12
6.0
0
8
Team Total
30
41
373
12.4
3
36
Pitts Sr. became the eighth tight end in NFL history to catch three or more touchdown passes for 150 or more receiving yards in a single game — the first to do it since Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe in 1996. Robinson finished with 175 scrimmage yards on 27 touches — 19 carries, 8 receptions.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Player
REC
TGT
YDS
AVG
TD
LONG
Mike Evans
6
12
132
22.0
0
45
Emeka Egbuka
4
7
64
16.0
0
23
Jalen McMillan
2
2
38
19.0
0
19
Chris Godwin Jr.
4
5
20
5.0
1
8
Bucky Irving
1
3
11
11.0
0
11
Devin Culp
1
1
6
6.0
1
6
Rachaad White
1
1
6
6.0
0
6
Tez Johnson
0
1
0
—
0
—
Team Total
19
32
277
14.6
2
45
Evans returned from a broken clavicle (out since October 20) and McMillan from three broken vertebrae in his neck sustained in the preseason — both were activated off injured reserve for this game.
Defensive Stats
Atlanta Falcons Defense
Player
TOT
SOLO
SACKS
TFL
PD
QB HTS
Xavier Watts
9
5
0
0
0
0
Jessie Bates III
8
6
0
0
0
0
Kaden Elliss
6
6
0
1
0
0
Cobee Bryant
5
5
0
1
1
0
David Onyemata
4
3
0
1
0
0
Dee Alford
3
3
0
0
1
0
James Pearce Jr.
3
2
2.0
2
2
2
A.J. Terrell Jr.
3
2
0
0
1
0
Divine Deablo
3
1
0.5
0
0
1
Brandon Dorlus
2
1
1.0
1
0
1
LaCale London
1
1
1.0
1
1
1
Kentavius Street
1
1
0
0
0
0
David Sills V
1
1
0
0
0
0
Charlie Woerner
1
1
0
0
0
0
KhaDarel Hodge
1
0
0
0
0
0
Mike Ford Jr.
1
0
0
0
0
0
Arnold Ebiketie
1
0
0
0
0
0
Jalon Walker
1
0
0.5
0
0
2
Ruke Orhorhoro
0
0
0
0
1
0
Team Total
54
38
5.0
7
7
7
Atlanta Interceptions
Player
INT
YDS
TD
Dee Alford
1
0
0
Pearce Jr.’s two-sack first half brought his season total to eight — the most by a Falcons rookie since 1982, the first year the NFL recognized sacks as an official individual statistic.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Defense
Player
TOT
SOLO
SACKS
TFL
PD
QB HTS
Antoine Winfield Jr.
13
8
0
0
0
0
Deion Jones
8
4
0
0
0
0
Christian Izien
8
4
0
0
0
0
Lavonte David
6
3
0
0
1
0
Jamel Dean
5
5
0
0
0
0
Logan Hall
5
2
0
0
0
0
Kindle Vildor
4
3
0
0
0
0
Yaya Diaby
4
2
0
1
0
2
Jacob Parrish
2
2
0
0
0
0
Haason Reddick
2
1
1.0
1
0
1
Mike Evans
1
1
0
0
0
0
Markees Watts
1
1
0
0
0
0
J.T. Gray
1
0
0
0
0
0
Vita Vea
1
0
0
0
0
1
Anthony Nelson
1
0
0
0
0
0
Josh Hayes
1
0
0
0
0
0
Nick Jackson
1
0
0
0
0
0
Team Total
64
36
1.0
2
1
4
No Tampa Bay interceptions.
Reddick sacked Cousins with 1:49 remaining and forced a fumble, but officials ruled it a simultaneous recovery between both teams, keeping the ball with Atlanta.
Fumbles
Atlanta Falcons
Player
FUM
LOST
REC
Bijan Robinson
1
1
0
Kirk Cousins
1
0
1
Darnell Mooney
1
0
0
Ryan Neuzil
0
0
1
Team Total
3
1
2
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Player
FUM
LOST
REC
Kameron Johnson
1
0
1
Jacob Parrish
0
0
1
Team Total
1
0
2
Special Teams Stats
Kicking
Player
Team
FG
PCT
LONG
XP
PTS
Zane Gonzalez
ATL
1/1
100%
43 yds
2/2
5
Chase McLaughlin
TB
2/2
100%
52 yds
2/2
8
McLaughlin made field goals of 52 and 49 yards, pushing his career mark from 50-plus yards to 10-of-10.
Punting
Player
Team
NO
YDS
AVG
TB
IN 20
LONG
Bradley Pinion
ATL
4
170
42.5
2
2
53
Riley Dixon
TB
4
165
41.3
0
2
45
Kick Returns
Player
Team
NO
YDS
AVG
LONG
TD
Sean Tucker
TB
2
42
21.0
27
0
Kameron Johnson
TB
1
30
30.0
30
0
TB Total
3
72
24.0
30
0
No Atlanta kick returns.
Punt Returns
Player
Team
NO
YDS
AVG
LONG
TD
Deven Thompkins
ATL
2
20
10.0
10
0
Kameron Johnson
TB
1
0
0.0
0
0
Injury Report
Atlanta Falcons — Inactive / Exited
Player
Status
WR Drake London
Inactive (knee)
CB Mike Hughes
Exited Q1 (ankle)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers — Inactive / Exited
Player
Status
CB Zyon McCollum
Exited first half (hip)
LG Ben Bredeson
Inactive — placed on IR (knee)
DB Tykee Smith
Inactive (neck/shoulder)
LB SirVocea Dennis
Inactive (hip)
TE Cade Otton
Inactive (knee)
CB Benjamin Morrison
Inactive (hamstring)
Game Officials
Role
Official
Referee
Carl Cheffers
Umpire
Derek Anderson
Down Judge
Daniel Gallagher
Line Judge
Greg Bradley
Field Judge
Nathan Jones
Side Judge
Eugene Hall
Back Judge
Martin Hankins
Tampa Bay dropped to 7-7 and fell a half-game behind the Carolina Panthers (7-6) in the NFC South — a division the Buccaneers had won in each of the previous four seasons — with Carolina appearing twice on their remaining regular season schedule. Cousins, starting in place of the injured Michael Penix Jr., left Tampa with a 3-0 record against the Buccaneers since joining Atlanta, throwing for 1,158 yards with 11 touchdowns and one interception across those three meetings.
Elizabeth J. Luna founded Sports Player Stats in Los Angeles in April 2026, after close to two decades covering sport professionally across Europe and the United States. She grew up in Sweden, where football was less a hobby than a household religion, and carried that obsession west when she relocated to Los Angeles in her twenties. The NFL took hold quickly. So did the NBA. Eventually she was covering both alongside FIFA, cricket, MLB, hockey, and the WNBA, which tells you something about the kind of sports journalist she is. Her work has always started with match data and player statistics, not because numbers are the whole story, but because in her experience they are usually the most honest part of it. She launched Sports Player Stats because she wanted a publication that took every sport seriously on its own terms, one where a cricket innings and an NBA box score received the same standard of analysis. That standard is what she shows up to defend every day.
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